Genesis 40:17

17 All kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh were in the top basket. But the birds were eating them out of the basket that was on my head."

Genesis 40:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:17

And in the uppermost basket [there was] of all manner of
bakemeats for Pharaoh
All sorts of pastry, as tarts, pies, &c. Josephus ^F2 says, two of the baskets were full of bread, and the third had various sorts of food, such as is usually, prepared for kings: and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head;
all the three baskets were upon his head, but this seems to be the uppermost, which the birds could more easily come at; though if the baskets were full of holes, they might through them peck the bread with their bills.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Antiqu. l. 2. c. 5. sect. 3.

Genesis 40:17 In-Context

15 I was taken away from the land of the Hebrews by force. Even here I haven't done anything to be put in prison for."

16 The chief baker saw that Joseph had given a positive meaning to the wine taster's dream. So he said to Joseph, "I had a dream too. There were three baskets of bread on my head.

17 All kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh were in the top basket. But the birds were eating them out of the basket that was on my head."

18 "Here's what your dream means," Joseph said. "The three baskets are three days.

19 In three days Pharaoh will cut your head off. Then he will stick a pole through your body and set the pole up. The birds will eat up your body."